Les Brown Quotes that will Motivate You

Leslie Calvin Brown famous as “Les Brown” is a author, motivational speaker, former tv host, radio DJ. Formerly he was also a politician who served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. As a host he hosted The Les Brown Show in the year 1993. He has also won many local as well as national awards along with regional Emmy Award (Chicago) in 1991 and Toastmasters International in 1992.

He often uses the catch phrase “it’s possible!” as a motivational speaker.

Here we bring a selection of well known quotes of Les Brown:

Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.

“Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.”
– Les Brown

You don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.

“You don’t have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.”
– Les Brown

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.”
– Les Brown

“The graveyard is the richest place on earth, because it is here that you will find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared, the cures that were never discovered, all because someone was too afraid to take that first step, keep with the problem, or determined to carry our their dream.”
– Les Brown

Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.

“Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.”
– Les Brown

“If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.”
– Les Brown

“Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.”
– Les Brown

The greatest revenge is massive success.

“The greatest revenge is massive success.”
– Les Brown

“Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory.”
– Les Brown

“Align yourself with people that you can learn from, people who want more out of life, people who are stretching and searching and seeking some higher ground in life.”
– Les Brown

“Just because Fate doesn’t deal you the right cards, it doesn’t mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.”
– Les Brown

“Shoot for the moon, because even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.”
– Les Brown

Perfection does not exist - you can always do better and you can always grow.

“Perfection does not exist – you can always do better and you can always grow.”
– Les Brown

“‎Someone’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.”
– Les Brown

“Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.”
– Les Brown

I will heighten my life by helping others heighten theirs.

“I will heighten my life by helping others heighten theirs”
– Les Brown, Live Your Dreams

No one rises to low expectations

“No one rises to low expectations”
– Les Brown

“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.”
– Les Brown

“It’s not over until you win”
– Les Brown, It’s Not Over Until You Win: How to Become the Person You Always Wanted to Be No Matter What the Obstacle

“A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand.”
– Les Brown

“The things you want are always possible; it is just that the way to get them is not always apparent. The only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life is you, and that can be a considerable obstacle because you carry the baggage of insecurities and past experience.”
– Les Brown

“Make sure when you fall you land on your back if you can see you can get up.”
– Les Brown, Live Your Dreams

“Live full, die empty”
– Les Brown

“You don’t have to be great to get started but you have to get started to be great.”
– Les Brown

“If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness.”
– Les Brown

“Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.”
– Les Brown

It is better to aim high and miss than to aim low and hit.

“It is better to aim high and miss than to aim low and hit.”
– Les Brown

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